Knoppix is a livecd version of linux you can download for free. You basically download the knoppix iso image, burn it to a CD (as you did the FC5 image), then boot off of it. It allows you to run a full non-destructive linux environment off of a CD. Unfortunately I'm leaving the office momentarily, so I don't have time to give you more details than that. Possibly someone else on the list will be able to, though? -Erik On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Nick Scholtes <airchia at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Erik, > > Thanks for the advice. I'm a bit of a novice with Linux. Could you walk me > through that? What's knoppix? > I can run lsmod from any shell, right? > > Thanks, > Nick > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Nick Scholtes <airchia at gmail.com> wrote: >> > I have a Dell Latitude laptop (can't remember model number off hand), >> > it's >> > about three years old. I have Fedora Core 5 and I can't get the sound to >> > work. I have a functioning sound card. Ideas? (Sorry I don't have more >> > info, >> > but I'm at work; laptop's at home) >> >> Nick - I'd guess FC5 either isn't loading any drivers for the card or >> is loading the incorrect drivers. Usually what I do in this case is >> boot up a knoppix CD. That will load up the correct drivers in 99% of >> the cases in my experience. Then when you verify that sound is working >> in knoppix, you can check what drivers it loaded (run lsmod from the >> CLI) and make sure FC5 is loading the same ones. >> >> -Erik > > > > -- > Art: bellsoffreedom.cgsociety.org/gallery/ > > Blog: cognitivealchemy.blogspot.com -- Erik Anderson http://andersonfam.org